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History of
MetroGuide.com, Inc.
Being an overnight success actually can take a few years. Not just another "dot-com,"
MetroGuide.com, Inc. has a proud history of over a decade of innovation and service.
| 1992 |
The company’s founder, Mark Metz, envisions building a series of electronic, networked city guides that
will be useful to both visitors and local residents. Prototype work begins in earnest in June, 1992.
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| 1993 |
The first MetroGuide™, with information about Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
is deployed on a touch screen interactive kiosk system called TouchGuide
®. By the end of the year, the first broadcast fax edition of EventGuide™
is distributed to a list hotel concierges.
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| 1994 |
Fax on demand is added to the EventGuide service, using the phone number 861-MIAMI. EventGuide Fax
Edition recipients can punch in a 4-digit code associated with an event, and receive a fax back with
complete event details.
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| 1995 |
MetroGuide first appears on the World Wide Web, initially under the domain thesinglesource.com.
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| 1996 |
Our venture is formally incorporated in the State of Florida as “Metz Advertising & Publishing
Corporation” to begin an initial search for investors for growth capital.
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| 1997 |
Using its HotelGuide Network™ and related sites, the company begins taking travel
reservations over the Internet.
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| 1998 |
The HotelGuide Network, located at http://hotelguide.net, begins a
significant affiliate relationship with Hotel Reservations Network (now known as hotels.com).
Using deep-linking on a scale never before seen on the web, HotelGuide rapidly becomes a showcase for
contextual commerce.
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| 1999 |
Company Vice-President, Scott Rogers, Esq., joins the venture.
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| 2000 |
The “dot com bubble” bursts, but it has negligible impact for the venture. As both private and profitable,
the company proves immune to the boom and bust fiasco that has unfortunately been associated with anything
that possesses “.com” in its name. Instead, the company continues a rapid revenue growth trajectory that
validates its business model where so many others failed.
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| 2001 |
The attacks of September 11th deal a heavy blow to the travel industry, one of the company’s main revenue
sources. The company’s founder, a reserve military officer, volunteers and rejoins his Army Reserve unit.
Despite the strains of a changed business environment, the company’s hyper-efficient operations, extensive
brand recognition, and sophisticated technology enable it to continue profitably and add new staff.
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| 2002 |
The company, which had been doing business for some time as RealMetros.com, Inc., now formally does
business as MetroGuide.com, Inc. Having found evidence of massive theft of its copyrighted content
on the Internet, the company begins a campaign of pursuing pirates in open court.
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Privacy Policy |
Terms and Conditions
MetroGuide, LodgingGuide, HotelGuide, CondominiumGuide, DiningGuide, EventGuide, NightGuide,
RetailGuide, FareGuide, CruiseGuide, AttractionGuide, CarRentalGuide, VenueGuide, TheaterGuide and "Your Guide for Life"
are service marks of MetroGuide.com, Inc.
TouchGuide, HotelGuide Network and Metropolitan Networks are registered trademarks of MetroGuide.com, Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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